Meryl
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966
Given to girls 92.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 141 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,167since 1892
Meryl over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,096 | 59 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,792 | 65 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,539 | 79 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,583 | 71 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,552 | 72 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,672 | 68 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,749 | 63 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,561 | 51 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,393 | 65 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,243 | 79 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,073 | 100 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,018 | 108 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 94 | — | |
| 1957 | #855 | 141 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #792 | 156 | — | |
| 1955 | #869 | 125 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #782 | 143 | — | |
| 1953 | #801 | 132 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #747 | 141 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #819 | 119 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #777 | 124 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #772 | 125 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #898 | 97 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #904 | 69 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,175 | 45 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Meryl! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meryl is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#258 · 1 in 2,326
- New Jersey#319 · 1 in 3,859
- Massachusetts#430 · 1 in 8,943
- Pennsylvania#483 · 1 in 8,559
- California#1,072 · 1 in 22,644
Best ever in a state: #247 in New York, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #258 | 61 | 1 in 2,326 |
| New Jersey | #319 | 11 | 1 in 3,859 |
| Massachusetts | #430 | 5 | 1 in 8,943 |
| Pennsylvania | #483 | 12 | 1 in 8,559 |
| California | #1,072 | 5 | 1 in 22,644 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Meryl
- 2,919 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #8,362)
- 2,875 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #8,362)
- 5,108 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1945 (#1,175 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1958 (#855 → #1,081)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1952 at #747 (141 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1947–1957
- Highest: 1 in 12,870 girls born in 1956 were named Meryl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #747 in 1952, was only 1 in 13,151 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.8% of all girls named Meryl (1,283) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | #1,171 (1898) | #1,371 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,416 (1906) | #1,577 |
| 1910s | 188 | #1,143 (1912) | #1,592 |
| 1920s | 315 | #1,191 (1928) | #1,471 |
| 1930s | 290 | #1,127 (1931) | #1,419 |
| 1940s | 627 | #772 (1949) | #1,201 |
| 1950s | 1,283 | #747 (1952) | #854 |
| 1960s | 611 | #1,073 (1960) | #1,524 |
| 1970s | 199 | #2,267 (1970) | #3,877 |
| 1980s | 663 | #1,539 (1986) | #1,763 |
| 1990s | 335 | #2,464 (1990) | #3,499 |
| 2000s | 203 | #5,113 (2005) | #6,217 |
| 2010s | 263 | #3,254 (2015) | #5,451 |
| 2020s | 110 | #5,443 (2024) | #6,488 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Meryl in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 13,687 of them was named Meryl, which outranked 87.3% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 354,788 of them was named Meryl, which outranked 12.2% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 515 names at #3,690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.